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From: Along the Writhing River


There are places along the Writhing River where those walking the Wanting-Way have sacrificed their steeds and gone on barefoot. Perhaps something of their sacrifice might be saved.

Unlocked with 6 x  Royal-Blue Feathers

Locked with  24


Challenge information

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  • 171 - very chancy (41%)
  • 213 - chancy (51%)
  • 255 - modest (61%)
  • 296 - very modest (71%)
  • 338 - low-risk (81%)
  • 380 - straightforward (91%)
  • 417 - straightforward (100%)

Each point of reduces the base difficulty by 3 points.

Success

Newly-hatched

[…]Within that well you place the tailfeathers of three peacocks stolen from the Labyrinth of Tigers.

[…] Soon a brace of huge, wraith-like peacocks rise around you. […] they consent to be ridden. The colour of Parabola drains away as the peacocks pass by.

[…]

Description summary:
The third paragraph varies based on who you have employed as your .

Parabolan CavalryThird Paragraph
0The peacocks terrorise your troops. You hope that the evil-smelling beasts are worth the trouble.
1 - The Company of the Exiled RoseThe Exiled Rose take to the peacocks with ease, their temperament and vanity familiar to the former Arbori. To amuse themselves, Daniel and his Roses deploy showers of blue petals that cascade before their mounts like a victory parade.
2 - The Grand Myriad CompanyThe […] Company dislike the peacocks; the feeling is mutual. As the peacocks drain away Parabola, the Company sets their wills against their mounts, so that they move through […] like a series of flickering lights. Their aggression will prove useful […]
3 - The Peace of OctoberOctober and her ravens do not care for the impertinence of the peacocks. Murders of black birds harry the peacocks into formation and peck them into line as they travel along the Parabolan terrain.

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Failure

The deviance of feathers

[…]

There is an old well in the courtyard. Its waters are as cool as the feathers in your pack. Is there a connection? You drop them into the well and wait to find out.

[…] one long, bulging ostrich neck, blue as a summer sky, bursts through the well. […]

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